The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25

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Resides In Jackson; is orother-ln-law
Col. Hamilton. Went visiting from hi
room over to Col. Hamilton's drug store
Col. Hamilton came up to see him mad
it a rule to call; walked down the steps "a
u gether; he was only there hye minutes
= he did not change his coat; did not see hir
Y with pistol know the pistol in court
d have known it for years it is Col. Bsmil
% toms Witness was out visiting when tn,
difficulty occurred; heard of il about a hal
hour afterwsrd; heard him (Hamilton
talk of the difficulty; heard him make tn,
statement TO reporter WITNESS repeated
!, the statement recently published in tn,
. Tmes-Democrat and said he thought i
! was verbatim]; he stated that the Colonel
! said that he lad stumbled; all he heard
him state was what was published in the
Times-Democrat did not notice Col. Ham
ilton with a stick that night; he has sever
al sticks; could lot say that he had ever
I saw Col Hamilton with the pistol buckled
! on had only returned from Hot Springs
: on the Sunday before the killing; his
room adjoins Mr.. Stewards; Col. Hamilton
, was in the habit of seeing him every day
there was no one else in the room on that
particular evening. Heard him make the
statement to the Tmes-Democrat reporter;
| heard him say that when the fight ended
there was not living soul in sight; never
heard Hamilton speak of the fight except
on the day when he spoke to the reporter
witness has the mate to the pistol he
took il to Hamilton's house on the night
after the shooting: took it out of the boys
bureau drawer. A gentleman who had a
pair gave Hamilton one and witness one.
Saw scabbard in the drug store that nj ght;
never saw this scabbard before know the
pistol by its general appearance could
not identify it by any special mark. From
what witness saw at the nremens 5 dinner
| witness became apprehenslve of trouble.
anu spOKe 10 Ooi hamIIJon on the sunlect.
He answered that no one was going to
bother him, are he was not going TO bother
any one. Never heard him say anything
| about the cry of murder. Col. Hamilton
has two wounds in the left fore
| arm; the wound in the stomach is at about
| the seventh rib externally: it seems 10 be
healing nicely; don know where the ball
| is; the wound has never been prObed his
| opinion is that the ball is imbedded in the
| muscles of the abdomen, think he has
little fever; there is much inflammation
| about the arm; don't believe he has been
able to walk; Know of pistol that Col.
| Hamilton had ; witness gave it TO him; it
| was a double action 81 Colt, with a pearl
| handle. Witness cannot shoot as quickly
with double action as he could with n sim
gle action; never heard that Col Hamilton
was an expert shot. The night of the kill
ing Col. Hamilton said that he was going
to tell DIR. Craft Good bye" DR.. Craft
lives on Amite, between President and Cap
ital streets. The pistol witness gave Col
Hamilton is Colts 81 pocket pistol, with
a pearl handle.
Cross-examined-The Colonel got his big
Colt from a Mr.. Emmerson in 1882. He
took a fancy to the one witness had and he
got it from the same gentleman from whom
he got his. 1t was on the day of the hremen's
parade that he cautioned the Colonel to be
careful. ON the night of the killing wit
ness said Let me go down with you there
might be some trouble" he said no, :hat
he did not anticipate any dlthculty and
was not expecting trouble
Re-direct-Witness was more worried
about trouble than the Colonel was; did
not hear the Colonel speak of the Gam
brells. The Colonel SAID that he did not
anticipate any trouble, as he was not going
TO bother any one and did not expect any
one TO bother him. Witness saw Gambrell
at the firemen's dinner. Gambren walked
by Hamilton and looked at him then he
faced Hamilton, folded his arms and gazed
at him in the face for some minutes. Wit
ness saw Col. Hamilton heavily armed;
would have thought that he was expected
to be assaulted 1t was just before the Colo
mel and he parted that the Colonel said
that he did not expect trouble. Never saw
Col. Hamilton carving pistol,
cHAs. DoSNAUD,
reporter or the Times Democrat of New
Orleans, was placed on the stand to testify
concerning Col. Hamilton's statement re-
ferred to by previous witness. Came up to
report preliminary examination; tele-
graphed for instructions and received
telegram from the paper at the Edwards
House at p. m, to re turn to New Orleans
that evening, and also one telling him to
see Col. Hamilton and get statement from
him telephoned for carriage; en- route
to Hamilton's residence met Judge Cal
hoon and asked him if Hamilton could make
statement; Judge Calhoon said that
Hamilton might make a general statement
and not go into particulars; drove to Col
Hamilton's house waited in the parlor
some minutes and was then admitted to
the sick room told Col. Hamilton the con-
dition of affairs and what Judge CaIhoon
had said, and that he (Donnaud) would
| like him to make statement of the main
facts; he then made a short statement,
which was published read him the notes
jumped in the carriage and just had time
to reach the depot in time for the train.
p KALER
recalled-Knew Albrecht, Figures, Hamil
ton and Eubanks; saw Col. Hamilton, Car
raway and Eubanks-not positive about
Eubanks-on Sunday, May /, at the depot.
1t was on the arrival of the south bound
| train They were at Rodgers drug store,
standing at the corner. They were stand
| ing so that a man would have to pass right
| through them to go up the street. Never
heard Gamhrell speak i'll of Albrecht or
Albrecht speak i'll of Gambrell. The gem
tlemen differed on the prohibition ques
| ton Albrecht was a butcher at one time
and then he was a saloon keeper. Have al
ways heard that Figures was a profession nal
gambler. Objected to by the defense.)
Never saw him at work have seen him on
the street frequently. Did not notice them
particularly until something was said. Be-
| ing given the pistol in evidence, he identi-
| fed it as the one handed in by Mr.. AL
| brecht to the coroner's jury. The Smith &
| Wesson handed in by Mr.. Carraway looked
| like the one in evidence.
| Cross-examined-Noo one referred to-any
other pistol at the inquest
| Re-direcs-Had a conversation with Mr..
| Eubanks on the subject of the killing.
| Spoke to him; he said that the shooting
/ was opened by some one from the north
side OF the bridge.
| ED FITZGERALD
| recailed-When witness saw Col. Hamilton
| on the bridge he did not have a pistol in
| his hand know il because Hamilton said
that his left arm was wounded. de said
| that 'fit is not the wound | am afraid of !;
| il is this" at the same time pointing to
| the wound in his side with his right hand.
| He might have lifted his vest with his right
band for that reason witness knew that
he did not have pistol in his hand. Col.
| Hamilton at this time made statement
about the man shooting at him in the car
riage and his returning the fire.
! ARxISE sEUrTER
was in his photograph gallery on Capitol
street on the night of the killing; was in
the rear of the house getting ready to go
home. The door was opened at this in
stance heard a loud shot, then the cry of
murder, then second small shot, then
two or three small shots, then came a gen.
eral fusilade; located the sound and
thought it was three or four young men On
a spree several parties, in fact. There
was more rapid firing than could be made
by two pistols that was my impression.
II was beautiful night; calm and clear
could see the capitol porch; could have
seen and recognized vehicle as far as the
capitol; If a horse and carriage had passed
over the bridge he could have heard it
supposed he could; knew what time il was
at night by hacks passing over the bridge
going to the station at train time; never
noticed hack check up on the bridge.
In his Judgment there were about twelve
shots all told; could not tell exactly
7 there were about twelve reports his i'm
preston was that the first report was made
by shotgun; described the last rapid fir
ing.
Cross-examined-Did not see flash, and
did not see any people; went into his gal-
lery and secured it, and then left the build
ing; was in the rear of his house, which is
| called gallery, at the time he heard the
first shot.
e-direct-Thought that there were
about twelve shots in the fusilade heard
about seven shots distinctly, making about
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